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| Keywords: Portrait of Raja Bikramajit (Sundar Das).jpg Portrait of Raja Bikramajit Sundar Das Folio from the Shah Jahan Album Painting by Bichitr active ca 1610 “60 Calligrapher Mir 'Ali Haravi d ca 1550 Object Name Album leaf Reign Jahangir 1605 “27 recto Date recto ca 1620; verso ca 1540 Geography India Medium Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper Dimensions 15 1/4 x 10 1/8in 38 7 x 25 7cm Classification Codices Credit Line Purchase Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift 1955 Accession Number 55 121 10 1 This artwork is not on display Sundar Das was a Hindu whoses ancestors had been considerable landowners He entered the service of Prince Khurram Shah Jahan and in 1617 Jahangir awarded him the title of Raja Bikramajit which among Hindus is the highest as Jahangir wrote in his memoirs Raja Bikramajit was a brilliant military strategist and instrumental to the success of Prince Khurram's campaigns in the Deccan In Shah Jahan's rebellion against Jahanagir in 1623 “24 Raja Bikramajit sided with the prince and when he was killed in battle Jahangir was unashamedly gleeful writing By losing him the Wretch Shah Jahan lost courage as though his luck ambition and reason were all found up with that Hindu dog In Bichitr's brilliant portrait the figure positively pulses with life Date recto ca 1620; verso ca 1540 http //www metmuseum org/Collections/search-the-collections/140008565 rpp 20 pg 1 ft jahangir pos 15 Painting by Bichitr active ca 1610 “60 PD-Art Bichitr Shah Jahan Album Uploaded with VicuñaUploader | ||||
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